Positioning measurements in new radio positioning protocol a (NRPPA)
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorAlexander Sirotkin
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Abstract
An apparatus for use in a RAN network node includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the RAN network node for positioning measurement reporting in a wireless network, the processing circuitry is to decode a measurement request message from a location management function (LMF) node of the wireless network. The processing circuitry also encodes a measurement response message for transmission to the LMF node based on the measurement request message.
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An apparatus to be used in a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node including a plurality of Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs), the apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry, wherein to configure the NG-RAN node for positioning measurement reporting by the plurality of TRPs using NR Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa), the processing circuitry is to:
- decode a measurement request from a location management function (LMF) node of the NG-RAN,
- the measurement request associated with a NRPPa measurement procedure and identifying TRP IDs of two or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs in the NG-RAN node, and
- the measurement request including an information element (IE) type enumerating requested positioning measurements to be performed by the two or more TRPs for a target user equipment (UE), the requested positioning measurements performed at a periodicity specified by the measurement request;
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- encode a measurement response for transmission to the LMF node based on the measurement request, the measurement response including measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure obtained by a particular TRP of the two or more TRPs for the requested positioning measurements, the measurement results associated with a TRP ID of the particular TRP, and the measurement results obtained at the periodicity specified by the measurement request;
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- a memory coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the requested positioning measurements.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a location management function (LMF) node in a wireless network, the instructions to configure the LMF node for positioning measurement reporting using New Radio (NR) Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa), and to cause the LMF node to perform operations comprising:
- encoding a measurement request associated with a NRPPa measurement procedure for transmission to a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node, the NG-RAN node including a plurality of Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs), the measurement request identifying TRP IDs of two or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs in the NG-RAN node, and the measurement request including an information element (IE) type enumerating requested positioning measurements to be performed by the two or more TRPs for a target user equipment (UE), the requester measurements performed at a periodicity specified by the measurement request;
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- decoding a measurement response received from the NG-RAN node, the measurement response including measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure obtained by a particular TRP of the two or more TRPs for the requested positioning measurements, the measurement results associated with a TRP ID of the particular TRP, and the measurement results obtained at the periodicity specified by the measurement request.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node including a plurality of Transmission-Reception Points (TRPs), the instructions to configure the NG-RAN node for positioning measurement reporting by the plurality of TRPs using NR Positioning Protocol A (NRPPa), and to cause the RAN network node to perform operations comprising:
- decoding a measurement request associated with a NRPPa measurement procedure and from a location management function (LMF) node of the NG-RAN, the measurement request identifying TRP IDs of two or more TRPs of the plurality of TRPs in the NG-RAN node, and the measurement request including an information element (IE) type enumerating requested positioning measurements to be performed by the two or more TRPs for a target user equipment (UE), the requested positioning measurements performed at a periodicity specified by the measurement request;
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- encoding a measurement response for transmission to the LMF node based on the measurement request, the measurement response including measurement results of the NRPPa measurement procedure obtained by a particular TRP of the two or more TRPs for the requested positioning measurements, the measurement results associated with a TRP ID of the particular TRP, and the measurement results obtained at the periodicity specified by the measurement request.
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